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Monday morning report: No perfect storm
Last year, the convergence of the Austin Lyric Opera at the Long Center and the Reggae Festival on Auditorium Shores caused what Long Center leaders dubbed “a perfect storm” of traffic congestion.
In April 2008, the 1,200-space city-owned Palmer Events Center garage - which serves the Palmer and Long centers - filled up with reggae festival attendees by mid-afternoon. By the time evening rolled around, those with tickets to the Austin Lyric Opera, the garage was full and the area around South First Street, Riverside Drive and Barton Springs Road was gridlocked.
Not so this past Saturday night. Parking in the Long Center garage (which is operated by the Austin Convention Center, not the Long Center) was reserved for opera patrons. Reggae Festival goers were directed to the nearby city-owned One American Center.
Yes, the area was crowded. And with a hot rod car show in town and construction along Riverside Drive, there was plenty of traffic. But that traffic flowed and tempers didn’t flare like last year.
In fact, on the Long Center’s City Terrace some opera patrons were even seen grooving to the reggae beats that floated over from Auditorium Shores. Maybe we can all get along…
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